Meeting
Abstract Number: 789
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 60-year-old African woman presented to the emergency department with three days of abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. She had recently returned from a ten-month trip through rural Ethiopia where she consumed unpasteurized milk and well water with exposure to goats, cats, and livestock. Her medical history was otherwise unremarkable. On exam, she […]
Abstract Number: 824
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 24 year old, Chuukese-speaking woman visiting the United States from Micronesia, with no known past medical history, presented with complaint of 24 hours of acute epigastric pain. Patient was on no medications. Vital signs: temperature 36.4 degrees C, pulse 65, respirations 16, blood pressure 100/51. Exam showed mild epigastric and right upper […]
Abstract Number: 890
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 63-year-old man with a history of atopy recently started on dupilumab presented to a hospital in Central Appalachia with 1-week of flu-like symptoms, rigors, and right upper abdomen pain. He was hypoxic with SpO2 75% on room air, febrile to 103.3°F, tachycardic to 105 bpm. He was placed on 2 L nasal […]